Was working security at a local earth moving machinery testing facility, when someone called the office and said there was a raccoon wandering around in circles by one of the bay doors. I went out there, and sure enough, poor little bugger was poisoned and walking in staggering circles, occasionally tipping over. I waved at my buddy on the bulldozer, and he drove it over and squished him like a bug. Best thing for him really, his therapy was going nowhere.

Bit'O'Gristle:Was working security at a local earth moving machinery testing facility, when someone called the office and said there was a raccoon wandering around in circles by one of the bay doors. I went out there, and sure enough, poor little bugger was poisoned and walking in staggering circles, occasionally tipping over. I waved at my buddy on the bulldozer, and he drove it over and squished him like a bug. Best thing for him really, his therapy was going nowhere.

That reminds me of my own CSB:

I was working at a company that built yachts, and one day my coworker found a mouse who wasn't doing so hot. It was limping around and looked like it might have a broken back or something, so my coworker decides he's going to put the poor little mouse out of his misery by exposing the mouse to carbon monoxide, because he's heard that it's a pretty peaceful way to die. So the guy wraps the mouse in a rag, and places it in the exhaust pipe of the crane we use to lift boat mold pieces, then he gets inside the crane and revs up the engine to make a lot of exhaust so the mouse will drift off to sleep and be put out of its misery.

Except that's not what happened.

As soon as he revved the engine, the mouse shot all the way across the shop and hit the opposite wall. It was still alive (and in even worse shape) when he went over to get it.

A blog where people pretend to be journalists by copying articles, and then linking to the article they are copying halfway through their own, poorly written version?

I loved the awkwardly written, "they tied the deer up who died before the PA Game Commission arrived," which is a link to the article:http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2014/07/09/deer-foaming-from-mouth-at ta cks-woman/

Also, please don't use "who" with animals. Who is a pronoun reserved for humans (and any other beings capable of reasoning).

A blog where people pretend to be journalists by copying articles, and then linking to the article they are copying halfway through their own, poorly written version?

I loved the awkwardly written, "they tied the deer up who died before the PA Game Commission arrived," which is a link to the article:http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2014/07/09/deer-foaming-from-mouth-at ta cks-woman/

Also, please don't use "who" with animals. Who is a pronoun reserved for humans (and any other beings capable of reasoning).

well some subby (probably involved with the site) has been submitting their content regularly since April (and nothing dating further back than that).

there's about 170 submissions and about 20 greenlights. so about a 11% green-to-red ratio.

Ant:Bit'O'Gristle: Was working security at a local earth moving machinery testing facility, when someone called the office and said there was a raccoon wandering around in circles by one of the bay doors. I went out there, and sure enough, poor little bugger was poisoned and walking in staggering circles, occasionally tipping over. I waved at my buddy on the bulldozer, and he drove it over and squished him like a bug. Best thing for him really, his therapy was going nowhere.

That reminds me of my own CSB:

I was working at a company that built yachts, and one day my coworker found a mouse who wasn't doing so hot. It was limping around and looked like it might have a broken back or something, so my coworker decides he's going to put the poor little mouse out of his misery by exposing the mouse to carbon monoxide, because he's heard that it's a pretty peaceful way to die. So the guy wraps the mouse in a rag, and places it in the exhaust pipe of the crane we use to lift boat mold pieces, then he gets inside the crane and revs up the engine to make a lot of exhaust so the mouse will drift off to sleep and be put out of its misery.

Except that's not what happened.

As soon as he revved the engine, the mouse shot all the way across the shop and hit the opposite wall. It was still alive (and in even worse shape) when he went over to get it.

I misread that as "moose" and was trying to figure out how your friend shot a moose all the way across the shop.

A blog where people pretend to be journalists by copying articles, and then linking to the article they are copying halfway through their own, poorly written version?

I loved the awkwardly written, "they tied the deer up who died before the PA Game Commission arrived," which is a link to the article:http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2014/07/09/deer-foaming-from-mouth-at ta cks-woman/

Also, please don't use "who" with animals. Who is a pronoun reserved for humans (and any other beings capable of reasoning).

Well, that's going to eliminate a lot of so-called humans, including most of those dingalings in Congress, right?

McDough said she was saved by two men who were watching the action from a nearby McDonalds and ran over to help her.

How dare they impose their patriarchal view of the world on her. The nerve, thinking women need to be "saved" by men. They should have stood aside and been supportive of her struggles without interfering.

(seriously though, that deer looks like it's one swift kick from crumpling on the ground. it is not a worthy opponent.)

When I was a youth counselor, I once encountered a group of kids throwing rocks and debris at a raccoon trapped on the branch of a tree. I stopped them out of a combination of an interest in stopping the animal cruelty going on, and of the fact that the raccoon was out in broad daylight, terrified, with white saliva dripping from its mouth. I was just glad that none of the kids knocked it down to ground-level, or I could have been involved with a lot of hospital transport, parental phone calls and paperwork.

Was doing some landscaping with a friend, when we heard nasty animal noises coming from a dumpster near a construction site. When we looked in, there was an obviously rabid raccoon trapped inside. We called the cops and went back to work, and figured they'd take care of it. A while later, we went back and the raccoon was gone, but there was a plank now in there, obviously set up as a ramp. When we asked the cop what the hell happened, he told us he just let it out "because all raccoons have rabies anyways".

Stupid cop. To be fair though, there was a titload of rabies going around then.

A blog where people pretend to be journalists by copying articles, and then linking to the article they are copying halfway through their own, poorly written version?

I loved the awkwardly written, "they tied the deer up who died before the PA Game Commission arrived," which is a link to the article:http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2014/07/09/deer-foaming-from-mouth-at ta cks-woman/

Also, please don't use "who" with animals. Who is a pronoun reserved for humans (and any other beings capable of reasoning).

Well, that's going to eliminate a lot of so-called humans, including most of those dingalings in Congress, right?

I'm pretty sure my cats are capable of reasoning a tag team attack on any food left on the counter. Fourth of July cookout, I walk in the back door, hear a 'plunk' as the smart one hits the floor, and the OTHER one comes slinking around the counter because he's always set up to be the fall guy.

So yeah, I'll probably use 'who' when referring to those crafty little bastards.